Tyler Ager (left) of Cherry Hill and Ryan Morrison of Woodbury Heights, co-owners of the Tiki Tiki Board Games shop in Woodbury, play a rousing game of Harry Potter Wizard Chess.

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John Scanlon |
| For the Courier-Post

You roll the dice. Three spaces. Which puts your metal Monopoly dog on ritzy Park Place, and since you already own Boardwalk - the other most-pricey property on the board - you're probably about to financially destroy your opponents.

But let's pause for a moment. We're in the midst of a renaissance for board games, a genre once obscured by the flash of the video age but now regaining its groove as people rediscover that playing games with others can be, well, fun. ...